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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Miscellaneous Collections, Dakota Agricultural
College Board of Regents ledger
Dates:
1884-1895
Creator:
Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents
Physical description:
1.38 linear feet—1 container
Collection number:
UA 52.3
Language:
Collection material in English.
Repository:
South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library,
South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract: Collection
is composed of the original ledger of minutes of the Board of
Regents for the Dakota Agricultural College from 1884-1895. Also
included is a petition, signed by many students of Dakota
Agricultural College requesting that the English/History professor
be removed from his post.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
The material was found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997.
There is no indication of where the records came from or how they
came to be here.
Access Restrictions: This
collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do
not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status: Copyright
2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please
credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this
finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing
material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission
from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available
copyright information on request. Please note that most collections,
especially those received before 1997, may not have complete
information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)
Preferred citation:
[Identification of item]. Miscellaneous Collections, Dakota
Agricultural College Board of Regents ledger, UA 52.3, South Dakota
State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings,
S.D.
Processing information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on January
14, 1999 with revisions on November 20, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the
description of this collection in the subject guide. They are
grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location,
and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
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Agricultural colleges—Dakota
Territory—Administration.
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Dakota Agricultural College. Board of Regents.
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Education—Dakota Territory.
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State universities and colleges—South
Dakota—Administration.
BACKGROUND NOTE
An agricultural college for the Territory of Dakota
was established February 21, 1881. At the Fifteenth Legislative
Assembly, provision was made for a Board of Regents of six members,
exclusive of the governor of the Territory, who was the ex-officio
President of the Board. A board was selected with three members
serving terms of three years and three members serving terms of four
years. This board was formed to establish and organize the Dakota
Agricultural College.
In 1887, the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory
established a method of government for the Dakota Agricultural
College. This method established a governing board made up of five
appointees, the governor and one member of the Territorial Board.
The Territorial Legislature approved the appointees biennially,
while the Territorial Board member served a one-year term. An
elected president and treasurer ran the board, and the president of
the college served as a non-voting secretary. The board held up to
six meetings, totaling no more than 24 days, each year, and board
members received compensation for attendance.
For two years, this Board of Regents governed the
Dakota Agricultural College [D.A.C]. In 1889, in anticipation of
statehood, the legislative assembly dissolved the Board of Regents
and established a five-member Board of Trustees to govern the
institution through the transition period.
Related material:
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Dakota,
Report of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College of
Brookings, Dakota, to the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Dakota, Tribune Printers and Binders, Bismarck,
Dakota [N.D.], 1885-[188?]. [Archives: S537.S6 A45]
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
This collection is composed of the original ledger of
minutes of the Board of Regents for the Dakota Agricultural College
from 1884-1895. Included in the minutes is information that details
the organization of the college from the selection of the first
president to the formation of committees to oversee the finances,
course of study, farm, buildings and college lands, admission
requirements, and budgets of the college. Some of the later minutes
include reports from the president of the college. A notation
appears at the end of the ledger indicating a second volume, which
we do not have in our custody and its whereabouts is unknown. The
second item in the collection is a petition, signed by many students
of Dakota Agricultural College. It requests that the English/History
professor be removed from his post.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
Box 1.
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Folder |
Description |
Dates |
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1 |
Petition |
1887 |
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2 |
Ledger: Minutes |
1884 June 2-1895 August 19 |
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